Alaska Department of Transportation & Public F Facilities - - PDF document

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Alaska Department of Transportation & Public F iliti Facilities

• GO Bond Projects -

February 7, 2008

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Dowling Road: Old Seward Highway to Minnesota Drive

Cost; $22.1 million

• Connects Raspberry

Road to Boniface Parkway.

• Part of continuous

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cross-town east- west corridor.

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• Improves access to

Anchorage International Airport.

• Relieves congestion on

Tudor Road and Dimond Boulevard

• Project to be constructed

in two phases:

• Phase I Old Seward

Highway to C Street Phase II C Street to

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• Phase II C Street to

Minnesota Drive

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Dowling Road: Old Seward Highway to Minnesota Road

• Tudor & Diamond
• Tudor & Diamond

have 3 of top 12 accident locations

• 23,000 vehicles

per day on

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per day on Dowling Road in 2025

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Northern Access to University- Medical District Study

Evaluate alternatives to: Cost: $2 million Evaluate alternatives to:

• Improves access to the

U-Med District

• Accommodate

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increased population growth from Mat-Su

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Northern Access to University- Medical District Study

• Traffic congestion

predicted to worsen w/out northern access.

• Bypasses congested No.

Lights Blvd & UAA Drive.

• Access to the largest

private employer in Alaska: Providence

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Alaska: Providence Medical Center

• Job growth in U-Med
• utpaces City and State

averages.

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Northern Access to University Medical District Study

• Supported by UAA &

MOA

• Improves safety at high

accident location of No. Lights Blvd and UAA Drive.

• Included in Anchorage

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• Included in Anchorage

Long Range Transportation Plan.

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DALTON HIGHWAY M & O Proposed FY09 Projects

IMPROVES 121 MILES!

Cost $14 million

IMPROVES 121 MILES! MP 334-362: Grade raises, undulation, high float repairs MP 144-175: Undulation, drainage, high float repairs

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MP 56-90: Grade Raises, drainage repairs MP 0-28: Widening, drainage, resurfacing

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DALTON HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS

Improve safety, drivability extend drivability, extend the surface life

• approx. 5 years

Provide reliable movement of goods & services t t

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to support our primary source of state revenue

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Kenai Peninsula Borough Roads

• Cost : $8 million
• KPB owns and maintains

623 il f d 50% 623 miles of road; 50% are substandard

• Many substandard roads

initially constructed by developers must now be maintained by Borough

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• Improvements needed for

better, more cost effective maintenance and emergency vehicle access

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SNAKE RIVER BRIDGE NOME

K li k t it '

Cost $10 million

Key link to city's port, power plant, industrial area, DOT equipment yard and U.S. Post Office hub

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Bridge is airspace

• bstruction when

vehicles are on bridge

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SNAKE RIVER BRIDGE NOME

D d Damaged Piles from Ice Flows Deteriorating Wood

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Wood Abutments

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Parks Highway Weight Restriction Elimination Program

• Reconstruct

embankment repave Cost $15 million embankment, repave MP 72 – MP 90

• Restore full structural

capability to highway Eli i t d f

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• Eliminate need for

seasonal weight restrictions every spring, for about 6 wks

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Impacts of Weight Restrictions

• Limited to 85% of legal

load load

• Loads divided
• Reduces revenues by

$500-$1,000 per trip

• Additional costs passed on

to the consumer

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Windy Corner Seward Highway MP 105-107

Cost $20.0 million Project will

• Relocate the railroad
• Provide three traffic

lanes and turn pockets

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• Create a parking and

viewing area near the sheep

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Windy Corner Seward Highway MP 105-107

• Needs include:
• Needs include:

– Increase sight distance – Separate wildlife viewing from traffic lanes

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– Provide for passing

• pportunities

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Windy Corner Seward Highway MP 105-107

• Existing Road
• Existing Road

– Follows contour

• f mountain

– Cannot view sheep from existing pull out; viewers park and

Existing pullouts

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viewers park and walk on road – Parking is limited

• Sheep like to hang out here; usually can’t

be seen from pullouts

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Windy Corner Seward Highway MP 105-107

• Seward Highway

Seward Highway Safety Corridor

– 8 deaths (red dots) since last road improvements completed in 1983

• White dots are

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recorded deaths prior to 1983

• Green dots are major

accidents

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Resurfaces failing sections of pavement, including i t d h ld d d i i t

Southeast Region Pavement Rehabilitation:

Cost $15 million associated shoulder and drainage improvements: Petersburg, Mitkof Highway – Scow Bay to Hatchery Lake Rd. $7 million Craig to Klawock Highway $4 8 million

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Craig to Klawock Highway, $4.8 million Juneau, Glacier Hwy – worst sections between Brotherhood Bridge and Auke Bay Ferry Terminal, $3.2 million

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Representative photos of Mitkof and Glacier Highways pavement conditions.

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Mitkof Highway Section: Estimated cost $7 million

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Craig to Klawock Hwy Section: Estimated cost $4.8 million

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Glacier Highway Section Estimated cost $3.2 million

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Steese Highway/Johansen Expressway Area Traffic Improvements

Reduce injuries, fatalities and property damage! Cost $15 million Improve economic development and access to goods and services! Improve traffic flow and pedestrian access!

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Steese Highway/Johansen Expressway Area Traffic Improvements

• Project includes:
• Project includes:

Intersection improvements Turn lanes Signing and signal improvements Pedestrian facilities

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Drainage improvements Traffic circulation/flow improvements

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Steese Highway/Johansen Expressway Area Traffic Improvements

Residential Area

Congested Intersections

Available for Commercial Development Growing 26 g Residential Area Residential Area School

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South Denali Visitor Center Access Road

Vicinity Map

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• Mt. McKinley

Parks Highway Proposed Visitor Center Location

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• Purpose
• Meet Alaskans and visitors demand for additional interpretation and
• utdoor recreation opportunities
• Improve access to park lands
• Provide year-round interpretive and recreational opportunities
• Benefits
• Economic opportunities for entrepreneurs in providing services
• Economic opportunities for entrepreneurs in providing services
• New jobs and boost to the economy
• Timeline
• Year 1,2 & 3 Design and construct access road
• Year 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6, Design and construct visitor complex,

transportation hub, campground, trails and other facilities

• Funding
• State - $8.9 Million
• Federal Government and private sources

$20 million

• Federal Government and private sources - $20 million
• Partnership
• State of Alaska, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, National Park Service,

Businesses, Public